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Dystinct’s ‘Ya Baba’ Featuring French Montana Lights A Cultural Bridge in Arabic

Dystinct's "Ya Baba" song featuring French Montana lights a cultural bridge in Arabic.

When Moroccan-Belgian artist Dystinct announced his upcoming third album with a debut single featuring French Montana, the moment didn’t just mark a major milestone in his career—it signaled his arrival on a much broader stage. Shot in Morocco, the music video for “Ya Baba” combines the celebratory and the sobering: children playing in the alleyway, elders sipping tea, the hustle and bustle of everyday life. As French Montana raps in Darija and Dystinct carries Arabic textures across languages and platforms, “Ya Baba” becomes a symbol of the present moment: one in which artists don’t have to choose between global and local but can be both.

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